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朽木糞牆

朽木糞牆

See also: 朽木粪墙

Chinese

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|- ! !rotten !tree; wood !manure; dung !wall |- !trad. (朽木糞牆) | | | | |- !simp. (朽木粪墙) | | | | |- !Literally: “rotten wood, faeces wall”. |}

Idiom

朽木糞牆

  1. a person whose spirit is rotten cannot benefit from education
  2. an unsalvageable situation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 朽木糞牆

Idiom

朽木糞牆 (hiragana きゅうぼくふんしょう, romaji kyūbokufunshō)

  1. A piece of rotten wood cannot be turned into something beautiful. That is, a person whose spirit is rotten cannot benefit from education.

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